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The Lancaster High School golf team, the defending Class AAAA state champion, opened its 2019 season with a three-shot win over CATA – Central Academy of Technology & Arts in Union County, N.C., on Thursday at the Lancaster Golf Club.
Lancaster, led by coach Joe Adams, shot a 163 to the CATA Cougars’ 166.
Mason Tucker led the Bruins with a 35. Simon Wright and Troy Crenshaw each carded a 36 for LHS. Caleb Griffin shot a 56.

Buford rolled to a 15-0 win over Lewisville in Region IV-AA softball play on Wednesday.
The Lady Jackets took the win in five frames due to the 10-run mercy rule.
BHS hurler Yancey Dingler earned the win in two innings, giving up no hits, a walk and fanned two.
Dingler aided the BHS offense with two hits, including a grand slam, and five RBIs. Buford had nine hits on the day.
Olivia Vincent notched a save in three frames. She allowed a hit, walk and fanned one.

Lancaster Motor Speedway cranks up its 2019 dirt track racing season with a bang this weekend.
LMS will host a two-night show, Pepsi Night, with track action Friday and Saturday night at the half-mile dirt oval.
Friday night divisions participating will be SECA Crate Late Models $1,000 to win, Super Stock, SECA Crate Sportsman, Renegade, Pure Stock V8 and Extreme 4.
Saturday night, the track action will be just as intense with the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series paying $5,000 to win.

The Buford High School Lady Jackets made a strong run in the Class AA Upper State softball playoffs last spring and they look to do the same this season.
BHS, led by sixth-year head coach Lael Allen, has her share of experienced players and key returnees from the 17-10 team of 2018 to make a strong postseason run.
Buford has started well, sporting a 5-1 mark entering the week.
Pitching plays a key role, and Buford will look to sophomore hurler Yancey Dingler to do well in the circle.

The Buford High School Lady Jackets improved to 3-1 overall, 2-0 in Region IV-AA girls soccer with a 3-0 road win over defending region girls soccer champion Andrew Jackson High School on Thursday night.
The Lady Jackets took a 1-0 halftime lead as center midfielder Isabella Jones, on the first of two goals, tallied.
In the second half, Buford High first-year soccer player Sophie Ribelin, off a Chaney Smith assist, scored her first career goal for the Lady Jackets.
Jones, on a six-yard shot, put BHS up 3-0 with her second goal of the night.

Andrew Jackson State Park will host Andrew Jackson’s 252nd Birthday Celebration 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 23.
Take a stroll around the lawn to meet traditional crafters and re-enactors. Listen to the blasts of black powder guns during firing demonstrations by Revolutionary War re-enactors. See how everyday items were made by hand during Jackson’s time. If you are lucky, you might get to chat with Old Hickory.

INDIAN LAND – Don McCorkle grew up in the Panhandle, and Bruce Logan grew up in Detroit.
But they are forever linked through their individual relationships with McCorkle’s lifelong friend Jacky Bayne. Pronounced dead twice – once in the field and once at a hospital – Bayne was in a coma for 30 days after he was horribly wounded by a land-mine explosion on July 17, 1967, near Chu Lai, Vietnam.
Call Bayne’s miraculous survival the X-13 factor.

The Andrew Jackson Volunteers opened Region IV-AA play, rolling to a 12-0 win over North Central High School at home Tuesday night.
Brett Percival and Colby Jackson combined on a one-hitter in the AJ win.
Percival, the winner, went three innings and fanned eight Knights.
Percival allowed no hits and two walks.
Percival aided his cause with a three-run homer and a walk.
Jackson, in an inning of work, whiffed three and allowed the lone Knights hit.

The Lancaster High School golf team placed 19th in the Bengal Invitational in Blythewood on Tuesday.
Mason Tucker, ninth overall, led the Bruins with a two-day 143 (71-72).
Trey Crenshaw shot a 148 (74-74) to finish 24th in the field.
Simon Wright carded a 149 (73-76) for 26th overall.
Caleb Griffin had a 218 (117-107) for the Bruins.
Bishop England of Charleston topped the field with a 596 and Rock Hill was second with a 597 over two days.
Lancaster opens Region III-AAAA play with a road match with Westwood and Ridge View today.

INDIAN LAND – The Indian Land Warriors, coming off one of the most successful baseball seasons in school history with a 22-9 record, are not rebuilding or reloading this spring.
The Warriors of fifth-year coach Joey Robinson, who were undefeated region champions and finished in the Class AAA final four last spring, will be redefining their own standards as they continue to add value to the Warriors baseball legacy.
ILHS, despite losing eight seniors, return six everyday players from the Warriors’ 2018 banner season.